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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

The Film that made Ninjas legendary!

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Action

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Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

01 December 1962

Country

Japan

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Ishikawa Goemon

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Sandayû Momochi

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Maki

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Nobuo Oda

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kizaru

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Inone

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Hata

Chitose Maki

Chitose Maki

Tamo

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Oda Nobunaga

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Kuniichi Takami

Kuniichi Takami

Kotaro

Yōko Uraji

Yōko Uraji

Hinona

Yutaka Nakamura

Yutaka Nakamura

Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba

Sonosuke Sawamura

Sonosuke Sawamura

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Shintarō Nanjō

Shintarō Nanjō

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Yoichi Funaki

Yoichi Funaki

Seishirō Hara

Seishirō Hara

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Jun Fujikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Tadashi Iwata

Tadashi Iwata

Masayoshi Kikuno

Masayoshi Kikuno

Akira Konami

Akira Konami

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Akiko Inoue

Akiko Inoue

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